Virtutes Matthiae
Standard abbreviation: Acts Mth.
Other titles: none
Clavis numbers: ECCA 165
Category: Apocryphal Acts
Related literature: Golden Legend 45
Status: unassigned
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style):
1. SUMMARY
2. RESOURCES
1. Web Sites and Other Online Resources
“Saint Matthias.” Wikipedia.
“S01784: Matthias, the Apostle.” The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity.
2. Art and Iconograph
The Göttweigerhof chapel in Stein an der Donau has a three-panel series of frescoes based on the stories of Matthias in the Golden Legend. One of these images relates to the Martyrdom of Matthias, taken originally from Acts Mth. 12. Published in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kunst und Denkmalpflege 6 (1952) figs. 131, 132, 133.
See also
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Latin (BHL 5700)
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 12641, fols. 94r–97v (12th cent.) ~ Ranshofen, Bavaria
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 497, fols. 84v–87r (13th cent.) = BHL 5700, 5701, 5705
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 560, fols. 145r–158v (12th cent.) ~Abbey of Rein, Carinthia
Bolland, Jean et al., eds. Acta Sanctorum, Februarius. Vol. 3 (=Acta Sanctorum vol. 6). Antwerp: P. Jacobs, 1658; 3rd. ed. Paris: V. Palmé, 1863 (Latin translation based on four unidentified manuscripts, pp. 447–51).
Lazius, Wolfgang. Abdiae Babyloniae episcopi et apostolorum discipuli de historia certaminis apostolici libri decem. Bale, 1552 (Repr. Paris: Guillard & Belot, 1566; reprint by Jean Lefèvre in 1560) (Latin text, pp. 124r–44v).
Other Matthias Traditions
3.1.2 Bertharius of Monte Cassino (d. 883), Sermons 1 and 2 (BHL 5695–5696)
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, 139, fols. 62r–66r (12th cent.) ~ IMAGES; starts v. 2 to end
Migne, Jacques-Paul. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series graeca. Vol. 129. Paris: Cerf, 1879 (reproduced from Acta Sanctorum, cols. 1024–1034).
Bolland, Jean et al., eds. Acta Sanctorum, Februarius. Vol. 3 (=Acta Sanctorum vol. 6). Antwerp: P. Jacobs, 1658; 3rd. ed. Paris: V. Palmé, 1863 (Latin text based on three unidentified manuscripts, pp. 444–47).
3.1.3 Inventiones et miracula saec. XII (BHL 5701–5715)
Bolland, Jean et al., eds. Acta Sanctorum, Februarius. Vol. 3 (=Acta Sanctorum vol. 6). Antwerp: P. Jacobs, 1658; 3rd. ed. Paris: V. Palmé, 1863 (Latin text based on three unidentified manuscripts, pp. 451–54).
3.1.4 Vita by Lambertus Parvus a Legio (excerpt and discussion of Acts, invention of Matthias’ relics, and post-mortem miracles; BHL 5697–5698)
Bolland, Jean et al., eds. Acta Sanctorum, Februarius. Vol. 3 (=Acta Sanctorum vol. 6). Antwerp: P. Jacobs, 1658; 3rd. ed. Paris: V. Palmé, 1863 (Latin text, pp. 454–60).
Wolf, Kirsten. The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013 (bibliography of literature on Old Norse versions of the text, pp. 253–56)
Roughton, Philip G. “AM 645 4to and AM 652/630 4to: Study and Translation of Two Thirteenth-Century Icelandic Collections of Apostles’ and Saints’ Lives.” PhD diss., University of Colorado, 2002 (English translation, pp. 775–90).
3.1.5 Sermo in natale S. Matthiae apostoli (BHL ?)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12604, fols. 76v–77v (12th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12602, fols. 58v–60r (12th cent.) ~ IMAGES
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 9737, fols. 68r–70r (12th cent.) ~ IMAGES
3.1.6 BHL 5718 (a blend of excerpts from Act 1:15–26 and from the Recognitiones 1.60.5–7)
Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, 807, fols. 113v–115v (12th cent.)
Leiden, Rijksuniversiteit Bibliotheek, Voss. Lat. F 113
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C 125 inf., fols. 212v–215r (13th cent.)
Uncertain text:
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 13074, fols. 149r–168v (1175)
Poncelet, Albert. “Catalogus codicum hagiographicum Latinorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae Mediolanensis.” AnBoll 11 (1892): 205–368 (excerpt from Milan C 125 inf., p. 274).
3.1.7 Passio (BHL 5719m)
Luxembourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, 264, fol. 377 (11th cent.)
3.1.8 Menologion
Preliminary translation: on the ninth day (of August), the contest of St. Matthias the apostle. Matthias, the apostle of Christ, was indeed at first one of the seventy apostles, excelling among them in all virtue and honesty. But after Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ to the Jews because of his greed, and having been beaten with scourges until he yielded, he brought death upon himself through a noose, the twelfth position was diminished. Then Peter, together with the ten disciples who were with him, continuing to pray, cast lots, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles instead of Judas Iscariot. After this, preaching the Gospel in further Ethiopia, and enlightening many, he was detained by the unbelievers, and having suffered greatly, he gave up his spirit to God.
Migne, Jacques-Paul. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series graeca. Vol. 117. Paris: Cerf, 1903 (Greek text with facing Latin translation, cols. 577–80).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.3 General Works
Kloos, Rudolf M., ed. Lambertus de Legia: De vita, translatione, invention ac miraculis sancti Matthiae apostoli libri quinque. TThSt 8. Trier: Paulinus Verlag, 1958.
Lipsius, Richard A. Die apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und Apostellegenden. 2 vols. in 3 parts. Braunschweig, 1883–1890 (see vol. 2.2:258–69).
Steinova, Evina. “Carolingian Critters II: Leiden, Voss. Lat. F 113.” Mittelalter. Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Rezeptionsgeschichte (posted 22 February 2017). No pages. Online: https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/556.
Tillemont, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de. Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire ecclesiastique des six premiers siècles. 16 vols. Paris: Charles Robustel, 1693–1712 (see vol. 1, pp. 406–407).